Meyer, Stephenie.  "Stephenie Meyer Q+A May 16th Host Tour."  Twilight Moms Forums. 22 May 2008. http://twilightmomsforums.freeforums.org/stephenie-meyer-q-a-may-16th-host-tour-t8157.html.

Please read the Q+A above at the Twilight Moms forum as pianist_18 was completely amazing and transcribed it there.  I'll include notes in my index as soon as these updates are done.  :)

Meyer, Stephenie. "Q+A for The Host in Houston." Klein Forrest High School, sponsored by the Barnes and Noble at Champion's Village. 9 May 2008.

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OK, folks. That's the whole thing.... the only problem is that I'm not really POSITIVE it's in the right order. I'm not so sure about the section that offers advice for writers, but I think I've got it in the right place. If you have a video that shows me otherwise, please please please send it or upload it!

I used the following video angels to complete this one:



BellaCullen1994, melodyssong4916, jesskuhlovesedward.

And got some extra help from the Twilight Lexicon, LaTuaCantante24, and NoelPortugal.

Meyer, Stephenie. "Q+A At the Mall of America. Tour for The Host. 6 May 2008.
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This post would have been utterly impossible without the following:

The Twilight Lexicon, where people send all their stuff, Anexiarin, ImAnAlice, rosastania26, simplymortal14, sweetishbubble, and VampiresHaveFangs.

If you were present at this Q+A and have more information or somehow otherwise know what order these things occurred in, please let me know and I'll add you, too! =)

Meyer, Stephenie. Barnes and Noble Studio. May 2008. http://media.barnesandnoble.com/.

Hi, Barnes and Noble customers. This is Stephenie Meyer and I'm excited to tell you about my new novel, The Host.
With The Host my fans can expect a similar experience, I think, to the Twilight Saga. It's still a story that's based on the characters, that's about the love story, that's about what it means to be human, rather than really being a science fiction novel that's about ray guns and
space ships. I'm hoping that people will feel the same draw to the characters and the same concern for their well-being that they do with the Twilight characters.

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WOW! This one is long and fantastic! I thought my arms were going to fall off transcribing it, but it was well worth the pain. This one talks a ton about  Stephenie's favorite books and authors and .... I just love it.  I also think it's a great one to listen to for Stephenie's character; it's obvious that she is much more comfortable talking in this setting than she is talking in front of thousands of fans.  Also has good information about The Host.




http://www.nancypearl.com/.
Listen to this podcast.
Watch the video.
Thank you once again, Ouisa, for the tip and the link!

Highlights
The future....
How many books will be in the series? Question 5
Will Breaking Dawn be released soon? Question 13

The past...
Bella's delusions in New Moon. Question 3
Why imprint on Clare?  Question 9
Do the newborns feel any guilt? Question 15

And more...
Would you prefer to be a werewolf or a vampire? Question 2
Advice for aspiring writers.  Question 19
Music that inspired the plot.  Question 21
How do you get through writer's block?  Question 22
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Check out the videos I used by Beck0932, Hutu58, andtoromaga.  

Please note that this is only the second half or so of the Q+A session.  There is currently no video posted of the first fifteen minutes, and, of course, saying fifteen minutes is only an assumption as most of Stephenie's Q+A sessions have been 30 minutes.
These questions will be re-numbered if the rest of the interview is ever recovered.

Highlights...
How do vampires find mates? Question 7
What is your favorite chapter? Question 16
Are relationships based on fate or on choice for you?  Question 21


View it here.

This is kind of a quirky entry... there is no full video of the Q+A. I do have a few snippets to link up, but I also have many notes from Ouisa, who had the forethought to take them when her own camera plans fell through. So some of the questions are transcriptions, but anything that is italicized comes from Ouisa's notes.

Enjoy!

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Many, many, many thanks to MissDangerMagnet, who uploaded her videos, and to Ouisa, who took notes while present! Madames, you rock!

Well, all, to be honest I'm not entirely pleased... I had another set of videos bookmarked for transcription as they were a bit more complete, but then the person who had posted them deleted them again!!!  *cries*  I'll stay on the lookout for if they pop back up.







Oenone is totally a video-supplying rockstar for this one. 

Pretty standard, but a couple of fun tidbits.
Which was her favorite book during writing? Question 14.
What would she say to the characters if she met them?  Question 8.
What is your motivation for the series? Question 16.
Who would you choose if you were Bella? Question 17.
Why didn't Edward ask his sisters about a blood singer, too? Question 15.
Why don't you have African-American characters? Question 20.
Who drives the story - you or your characters? Question 21.
On Jacob Black... (similar to what appears on her website)
And, by the way, she wanted to be a lawyer.




MissMaudlin is awesome. Thank her for the videos! (No, that's not poor grammar. It was a command - go thank her. Now!)

Texas Library Association
Thursday April 12, 2007, 2:00
"Ghosts and Vampires: What's the YA Attraction?"
Panel Discussion: Laura Whitcomb, Stephenie Meyer, A.M. Jenkins, and Melissa de la Cruz











Beck0932 was the video angel on this one, too!!  See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXc58tIfhP8

Because the Twilight Lexicon rocks big time, and because I haven't had as much time to transcribe lately, for now I'm just linking up their version of the Q+A from the BYU Symposium.  You can read what they've got here and you can view some videos of the session under BrittinaJ's YouTube submissions.  I will transcribe the full interview, but it is low priority right now, folks.

"Um, If you write your books really fast, back to back and then start editing and they make big changes, you have to rewrite your books.  And it's not much fun. So I held off on book four because I didn't want to do that."

Note: I don't know there this is from, or when exactly... all I have are these ten seconds provided by MusicLover519.

Mennenga, Lorrie. "With Class #03: Interview with Stephenie Meyer." The Dragon Page Podcasts. 23 Mar 2006.
Listen at their site or through iTunes.


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